Midwest Sadfest 2 (at Black Sheep September 12th) Full Linuep

Posted on August 30, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It looks like the lineup for Midwest Sadfest 2 happening at Black Sheep in just a couple of weekends has been finalized with a few more bands since we originally announced the fest as happening on Saturday, September 12th. There are now 16 total acts playing, including many bands from all over the state and around the midwest. Let’s take a look at the finalized lineup:

Ashland
Old Fox Road
The Locals
WARRS
Odd One Out
Lucid
Lavender
Monterrey IN.
Drained
Jr. Clooney
LifeWithout
Lobby Boxer
Einsam / The Punchline Kids
Oakwood Estate
Krelboyne
Cody Carpenter

That’s a total of 16 bands and a wide range of different genres, including a lot of emo, but also some pop punk, emo, acoustic, and hardcore. There are some local acts playing as well, including WARRS, The Locals, and Lavendar. You can find the band Lucid (from Loveington, IL) streaming below.

The start time for Midwest Sadfest 2 has also been pushed up to 2:00 pm. Admission for the festival is still just $8 for 16 acts. You can find a facebook event for the festival right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in Southtown this fall.

Today in Southtown: 5th Annual Southtown Jubilee

Posted on August 29, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a something little different going on that Black Sheep is a part of this year, and that is the Southtown Jubilee! The Southtown Jubilee is put on every year by our friends at Bourbon Street across the street from us. This year Bourbon Street is moving the festival to our side of the street to a new recently acquired open lot right next to Black Sheep on 11th and Brown Streets. The Black Sheep will be hosting some bands at the festival today from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Let’s take a look at who is lined up!

3:20 – Sammy and The Punk
2:40 – Roofus
2:00 – Ryan Nance

Come out at 1:00 if you are willing to help us get things set up! This event is free to the public, and also all ages. There will also be food there! Check out a facebook event for what’s going on right here, and our upcoming shows page for a list of shows coming up in Southtown.

Tonight at Black Sheep: King Worm, Earth Witch, Jeremiah Fisher, WARRS, Borealis, Emasculate Regression

Posted on August 28, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Some exciting stuff is happening at Black Sheep tonight! We have a stacked six-act show featuring some of the best noise and punk around. This is also our only show at Black Sheep this weekend, other than the Southtown Jubilee happening outside tomorrow afternoon. The show tonight will feature big time heavy hitting hardcore punk slammers King Worm. We also have Earth Witch from Champaign/Urbana, playing at Black Sheep for the first time since Dumb Fest 1 in 2013. Check out some of Earth Witch’s music streaming below. For the noise, we have out of town act Jeremiah Fisher, who’s last Springfield show was also a Dumb Fest. Up before that is the hardcore/screamo project WARRS, and we also have another local ambient/noise project called Borealis. To top it all off we have a newer noise project from the area called Emasculate Regression.

The show tonight starts right at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up in Southtown this fall.

5th Annual Southtown Jubilee This Weekend Saturday + Sunday

Posted on August 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Each year at the end of August, Bourbon Street Bar (1031 S Grand East, across from Black Sheep) puts on the Southtown Jubilee featuring live music, food, and other vendors. This year they are expanding the festival, moving it across the street to the open lot on 11th and Brown Streets and getting the Black Sheep involved. We have our own time slot on the outdoor stage this upcoming Saturday, August 29th where we have a few acts playing. The Jubilee will also be happening for the rest of the night Saturday and also all day Sunday.

Saturday:
3:20 – Sammy and The Punk
2:40 – Roofus
2:00 – Ryan Nance

This show features Pana, IL acts Roofus and Ryan Nance who are also a part of getting a new community space and venue in Pana recently going called the Rose City Underground – The Refuge. We are excited to see some of the things coming out of Pana, and are thrilled to have them as a part of the Jubilee! The Black Sheep stage is from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Saturday, August 29th. The event is free and there will be food! Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also check out our Black Sheep shows page for a list of upcoming shows happening in Southtown.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on August 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East). This week there are a number of new arrivals in, including new and used LPs, 7″s, 10″s, and CDs. Be sure to stop by to the store and check out what’s new. The store is open every day from 12:00 to 8:00 pm, and on nights when there are shows until 9:00 pm. Let’s take a look at the full schedule this week and then get into the new arrivals:

Wednesday (today): 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): 12:00 – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Bad Brains – Live At CBGB 1982
Ghost Key – The Things I Am Not
Dinosaur Jr. – Dinosaur
Limp Wrist – Want Us Dead EP
Radioactivity – Silent Kill

Used LPs
Braveyoung – Will The Dust Praise You
Deafhaven – Punk Rock / Cody
Gerard Way – Hesitant Alien
Idyl – Elements Of The Field
State Lines – Hoffman Manor

New 7”s
Cleansing Wave / Midnight Brain – Split
Low Charge – Low Charge
The Stasi – State Voyeurism
Who Killed Spikey Jacket? – Beerstorm Trooper E.P.
WLF – Stairway To Hell

Used 7”s
Analecta / Chin Up! – Cats.
Cottontail – Moon Bandits
Graves – History’s History
Homewrecker – Homewrecker

New Cassettes
Cadenaxo – Condenado
The Cringe – 2015 Tape

New CDs
Looming – Nailbiter

New 10”s
Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes – Wet Willie

Error Records

Posted on August 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Error Records, a record store based in Urbana, Illinois and also a sister store to Dumb Records, co-owned and operated by some of the same people has announced that it will be closing at the end of September. The store will be ending and a new music destination being called “See You CDs And Vinyl” will be taking it’s place in the same building, also as a record store. See part of Error’s announcement below:

The time has come to start a new chapter in my life, and with that comes the conclusion of Error Records. The final show at the music venue will be Saturday, August 29th. The record store’s last day open is Wednesday, September 30th. I’m excited to announce Jesse Grubbs will be taking over the space with his new music destination See You CD & Vinyl. Jesse has been helping in the shop since 2015 and collecting music his whole life. I have the utmost confidence that he will continue to bring great music to Champaign-Urbana.

Error Records has had an incredible impact on me over the past two and a half years and I leave it in fond memories. There are countless people who have helped along the way. Without any of you, this would not have been possible. Thank you to anyone that has ever had faith in me, it’s kept me going when times were extremely tough. Thank you to the generous people that donated time and money to get Error Records off the ground, as well as the countless interns and volunteers. Lastly, thank you to anyone that has come to a show or picked up a record. It’s been a pleasure getting to know so many wonderful people from around the world because of this little shop. I’m proud to say that Error Records had an awesome run and I wouldn’t change a thing.

See the full announcement on Error Records’s website. We wish Nathan Landolt the best of luck with all future endeavors. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Dumb Records and a lot of what is going on in Southtown would not exist without inspiration from what Nathan has done in Champaign/Urbana as well as him pushing us to open the store, and guiding us through the process. Nathan has continued to be very supportive of Southtown from behind the scenes for many years, (he was booking shows at Black Sheep in the first few years of it being open) and even still helps us out to this day when it comes to advice and guidance on running the record store. We can’t thank Nathan enough, and also will be supportive of the new “See You CDs and Vinyl” that will be taking Error’s place in Champaign.

October 3rd at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s: The Coneheads, King Worm, Wolf Luv, Cal & The Calories

Posted on August 23, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

There are some exciting things happening in Springfield coming up this fall, and one of them is this show happening not at Black Sheep but instead at the outdoor stage at Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s on Stevenson Drive. It looks like there is an incredible rock n’ roll/punk show there going to be happening on Saturday, October 3rd. For this show there will be a performance by the North-West Indiana punk group The Coneheads, who were recently featured on Pitchfork Magazine. You can find some of The Coneheads’ music streaming below. This show features one Springfield punk band, and that is the slimy five-piece hardcore group King Worm. Then the Hardee’s stage will be visited by a real wolf, from the Champaign/Urbana band Wolf Luv. And to top all of that off, if this show wasn’t cool enough for you already we have the rock group Cal & The Calories from St. Louis featuring Cal himself. What a show!

The Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s show will start promptly at 6:00 pm, and go until about 9:00 pm. There is no admission, instead there will be a box for donations for the out of town acts. There of course will also be food for sale inside Hardee’s. This event is all ages, and alcohol is not permitted. Find a facebook event for this right here. Also check out our Springfield shows page for a list of local shows going on outside of Black Sheep.

Shows Tonight + Tomorrow Night at Black Sheep Cancelled

Posted on August 22, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Unfortunately while it looked like we had a full weekend of three shows lined up here at Black Sheep, two shows- the ones that had been scheduled for tonight and tomorrow night have been cancelled.

The next show happening at Black Sheep will now be on Friday, August 28th with Earth Witch, King Worm, WARRS, Jeremiah Fisher, Borealis, and Emasculate Regression. You can find a facebook event for that show right here. Also check out our shows page for a complete list of shows coming up this fall. Dumb Records will also remain open this weekend for its usual hours of 12:00 to 8:00 pm.

Illinois Times Best of 2015 Nominee Voting

Posted on August 21, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

The time has come once again for The Illinois Times‘s annual “best of” lists, and they are once again asking for your vote. This year the voting process is going to be ran a little differently- there is going to be a poll for “nominee voting” where you get to write in your own nominees and vote for other people’s nominees. That is going on right now until September 7th. Then later on from September 17th – 28th there is going to be “run off” voting where everyone will get to vote between three nominees to chose the final winner in each category.

This year in the music section of the voting, some of the categories include “best male and female signer/songwriter,” “best rock/pop band,” “best punk band,” “best local music festival,” “best small live music venue,” “best under age band,” and plenty more. You can find the link to go vote right here.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes, SAP, Cadenaxo, Boon

Posted on August 21, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight we have a show at Black Sheep, and it looks like our other two shows (Saturday + Sunday) have recently been cancelled, so this is our only show of the weekend! Let’s make it a good one. For this show we have Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes coming from Indiana. They have played Springfield a number of times before but this is their first time playing at Black Sheep. Check out some of Mr. Clit’s music streaming on the player below. We also have the three-piece “swamp rock” band SAP playing this show. Then also on this show is a band coming all the way from Mexico called Cadenaxo. Be sure not to miss them! Opening things up is a performance by the experimental local rock band boon.

This show starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find a list of shows coming up at Black Sheep.